I have so many great memories of Mark, a lot of them happened on ‘senior’ at the Dryden Ski Club where we would slam our bodies down a rutted mogul line for hours on end, pushing each other to get better and better. While we drifted apart after high school, I was glad to hear in recent years that he was living ‘the life’ in Crested Butte. People who don’t ski have trouble understanding how it can become ‘your life’, how mountains can unlock a spiritual connection to something greater. It sounds hokey, but I take comfort in the knowledge that Mark knew about these same things and that we have walked similar paths.
I’ll miss him and I’ll never forget him.
Chris Marchand

Cay

February 21, 2012 at 4:51 pm

John, was a great human being. Aside from what other people may have seen as shortcomings in him, I can say that he was a compassionate, understanding, thoughtful human being who was unbiased and fair forwards people he came upon in his day to day life. I am glad that I got the opportunity to share some of the time in my life with him and I will remember a few of the times he came over for dinner, once for thanksgiving and another for Christmas and we enjoyed food and drinks and chatted about life on the deck. Ha was a grade AAA+ guy with a heart of gold. Going to miss you Mark.